The story
- Cantonese · borrowed from打包“to pack”
- English todaytapao
Borrowed from Cantonese 打包 (daa³ baau¹, “to pack”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tapao
Today it means: To order (food) as takeaway; to pack food so it can be consumed elsewhere. Full definition →
Cantonese 打包